As one of the largest users of Kodak products for graphic imaging, Duggal Visual Soluions has an obvious stake in the Rochester company’s post-bankruptcy future. The Reuters news service recently interviewed Mike Duggal, CEO of Duggal Visual Solutions, to find out how he thinks recent events will affect his firm’s relationship with the troubled supplier. His upbeat answer can be heard here.

Headquartered in Manhattan, Duggal Visual Solutions is a leading provider of graphic imaging services including digital and offset printing. It also has production facilities in the Brooklyn Navy Yard industrial center and is in the process of installing an R&D facility there.

“We quote things 10 different ways—different paper, colors, bindings—to get the price down. It’s difficult.”

That’s Maralyn Dolan’s take on the pricing pressure that her printing company faces in New York City’s stressed economic climate. Dolan, president of Integrated Printing & Graphics in lower Manhattan, is one of a number of metro business leaders quoted in a report by Crain’s New York Business on what 2012 is likely to have in store for the city’s economy.

The article, written by Daniel Massey, begins with the glum assertion, “The New York success story is over.” Its theme is that blows to financial sector will keep overall growth “anemic,” with only modest gains in revenue and employment.

Other sectors, such as tech, healthcare, and tourism, could produce some bright spots. But, the outlook for the metro economy as a whole is expected to be tenuous.

Dolan is quoted as saying that her clients are more focused than ever before on cutting costs. Other sources make similar observations about the hesitancy that has gripped the metro business environment.

Founded in 1999, Integrated Printing & Graphics is a full-service source of design, production, packaging, and mailing and fulfillment services.

Metro print firms are well represented at Made in NYC, an online resource that promotes manufacturing in New York City.

Printing Services is one of nine industrial categories that can be searched for local providers, and within it can be found 132 graphic communication service providers that have registered at the site. The listings, which are free, contain capsule descriptions and contact information.

Made In NYC is an initiative of the New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN) and the Industrial + Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC), non-profit organizations that support the retention and development of manufacturing in the five boroughs. According to Made in NYC, the city “still has a vibrant industrial sector” of 6,000 manufacturing businesses that employ 81,000 people. The initiative’s primary mission is to connect these businesses with buyers who want to purchase manufactured products locally.

Made in NYC also endorses green manufacturing, and it invites listees to declare their products or services green. (It does not certify these claims.) Among the printers’ listings, 19 bear the green apple logo denoting environmentally friendly manufacturing practices.

The site also contains links to various sources of assistance for metro manufacturers.